It's not Australia, it's like this pretty everywhere except for the U.S. of A and Canada to a certain extent. Try buying a car in Italy that has an engine with a displacement greater than 2.0L, you'll think the Mafia is running the gorvernment over there. Well it probably is.

You and a few others are grossly mistaken.

New Zealand, the tiny country to the right of Australia on the map, does not have this much tax on vehicles.